Members of Queer Nation protest outside of the New York Stock Exchange. (Image via Queer Nation’s YouTube Page)

NEW YORK—A group of LGBT rights advocates gathered outside the New York Stock Exchange in lower Manhattan to protest the NYSE’s third annual “Russia Day.”

Members of Queer Nation protested Russia’s law that bans gay propaganda to minors by holding rainbow-colored banners that read “NYSE WTF?” and “Russian thugs nyet!” The Moscow Times reported the protest prompted stock exchange officials to cancel plans to allow a Russian delegation to ring the closing bell.